JP3458001B2 - Image file device - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image file apparatus for reading page images of a plurality of documents and registering them in document units. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document of a document is set on an image reading apparatus such as a scanner, and the number of pages of one document is designated. There has been an image file device that registers each page image as one document. Further, when a page image of a document original is read and an identification mark written on a partition sheet inserted in the document in advance is detected, it is determined that the document is a break and the read page image is registered. There has been an image file device (for example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 1-233959). Further, a page image of a document manuscript is read, a file name on a partition inserted between the documents is read in advance, and a page image of the document separated by the partition is registered with the read file name. There is an image file device (for example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-91867). [0005] However, in the above-described conventional image filing apparatus, document registration processing is performed every designated number of pages or every time a partition sheet is detected. Even if a scanner that can read the page image at high speed is used, there is a problem that it takes time to register a plurality of documents. [0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to enable registration of page images of a plurality of documents in a short time. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems.
In order to achieve this, image reading means for continuously reading page images of a plurality of documents separated by a partition sheet, and each time the partition sheet is read by the means, the number of pages of the page image separated by the partition sheet is stored. Page number storage means, page image storage means for storing each page image read by the image reading means, index information creation means for creating index information for referring to each page image stored in the means, There is provided an image filing apparatus having means for dividing and registering index information for each page created by the means for each document based on the number of pages stored in the page number storage means. An image file device according to the present invention continuously reads page images of a plurality of documents separated by a partition sheet, and separates the page image each time the partition sheet is read. The page number of the page image and each page image are stored, index information for referring to each page image is created, and the index information for each page is stored based on the number of pages of the partition sheet storing the document. By registering each document separately, if multiple documents are separated by partition paper, page images of multiple documents can be registered in document units without performing the document registration process every time a partition paper is read. Can automatically register multiple documents with different numbers of pages, store page images of multiple documents at high speed, and shorten the processing time for document registration. It can be. Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an image file device according to one embodiment of the present invention. The image file device includes a display device 1, an input device 2, a scanner device 3, an optical disk device 4, and a processing device 5. The display device 1 is a display device such as a CRT or an LCD for displaying a page image of a document and displaying various work screens such as document registration and document search.
The input device 2 is an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse for inputting operation information during various operations such as document registration and document search. The scanner device 3 is an image reading device for continuously reading page images of a plurality of documents. The optical disk device 4 is a storage device that stores page images of a plurality of documents on a storage medium such as an optical disk. The processing device 5 includes a CPU, a ROM, and an RA.
A display control unit 6, an input control unit 7, a scanner control unit 8, an optical disk control unit 9, a page memory 10, an image input control unit 11, a document creation control unit 12, a document division control unit 13, an index control unit 14, a partition number storage unit 15, and a document page number storage unit 16. The display control unit 6 controls the display of the page image of the document, various work screens, various messages, and the like stored in the page memory 10 on the display device 1. The input control unit 7 controls the
It is responsible for control processing for inputting various operation information such as the number of pages of a document and the number of pages of each of a plurality of documents. The scanner controller 8 controls a process for inputting page images of a plurality of documents continuously read by the scanner device 3. The optical disk control unit 9 performs control processing for registering a page image of a document in the optical disk device 4 and searching for a page image of a document registered in the optical disk device 4. The page memory 10 is a memory for temporarily storing and saving page images of a document. The image input control unit 11 stores a page image input by the scanner control unit 8 based on a command from the input control unit 7 in the page memory 1.
Controls a control process for storing the value in “0”. The document creation control unit 12 manages a process of sending a page image stored in the page memory 10 to the optical disc control unit 9. The document division control unit 13 performs index control based on the number of pages specified by the input device 2, the number of pages stored in the number-of-partitions storage unit 15, or the number of pages stored in the number-of-documents-page storage unit 16. The index information for each page image created by the unit 14 is divided for each document, and the index information for each document is registered in the optical disk device 4 via the optical disk control unit 9. The index control unit 14 controls an index process for creating index information for referring to each page image stored in the optical disk device 4. Partition number storage unit 15
Manages a control process of storing the number of pages of the page image divided by the partitioning paper in the partitioning number file every time the partitioning paper is read by the scanner device 3. The document page number storage unit 16 manages a control process of creating and storing a document page number file including the number of pages of each of a plurality of documents input by the input device 2. That is, the input device 2 serves as page number designating means for designating the number of pages of one document, the scanner device 3 serves as image reading means for continuously reading page images of a plurality of documents, and the optical disk device 4 serves as image reading means. It corresponds to page image storage means for storing the read page images. Further, the index control unit 14 provides index information creating means for creating index information for referring to the stored page images. The number-of-partitions storage unit 15 uses the partition paper every time a partition paper is read. The document page number storage unit 16 corresponds to a page number storage unit that stores pages of a page image to be generated, and the document page number storage unit 16 corresponds to a page file generation unit that generates a file for each page number of a plurality of documents. Further, the document division control section 13 divides the created index information for each page into documents based on the specified number of pages and registers the divided index information, and creates the created index information for each page. Means for dividing and registering each document based on the number of stored pages, and means for registering index information for each created page for each document based on each page number of the created file Corresponds to each means. Next, a description will be given of a document registration process in which the number of pages of one document is specified in the image file device. When the number of pages of a plurality of documents to be registered is the same, after the number of pages of one document is designated by the input device 2, the page images of all the documents are continuously read by the scanner device 3, and the document creation control unit 12 By storing the respective page images in the optical disk device 4, the index controller 14 creates index information of each page image. After that, the document division control unit 13 divides each index information for each document by the designated number of pages, and registers the divided information in the optical disk device 4. Next, the document registration process will be described. 2 to 4 are flowcharts showing the processing. As shown in FIG. 2, steps (indicated by "S" in the figure)
When the number of pages of one document is input in step 1, the process proceeds to step 2 to perform a document saving process, proceeds to step 3 to perform a document creation process, and ends the document registration process. In the document storing process, as shown in FIG. 3, it is determined in step (indicated by "S" in FIG. 3) whether or not there is no original. , The page image is read by the scanner, and the flow advances to step 13 to convert the page image into an image code. Thereafter, the flow advances to step 14 to write and store the image-coded page image on the optical disk, and the flow advances to step 15 to create index information as an address for referring to the page image, and Return to processing. If there is no original to be scanned in step 11, this processing is terminated and the routine returns. In the document creation process, as shown in FIG. 4, the number of pages is calculated by dividing the number of pages stored and stored in the optical disk device 4 in step 21 by the number of pages of one designated document. To step 22 to determine whether or not the number of documents = 0, and if not, to step 23 to divide the index information by the number of pages of the specified one document and Create data. In this step 23, the index information for each page is divided and registered for each document by the specified number of pages. Then, the flow advances to step 24 to set 1 by subtracting 1 from the number of documents. The flow returns to step 22, and the number of documents =
Repeat the processing of steps 23 and 24 until it reaches 0,
When the number of documents becomes zero, this process ends. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the correspondence between index information and page images when registering a document by designating the number of pages of one document. FIG. 6 shows a document created by dividing the index information for each document. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of data. For example, when eight originals, which are originals for four documents, are set in the scanner device 3 and scanning is started by designating two pages as the number of pages of one document, as shown in FIG. The page images are continuously read and stored in the optical disk device, and the index control unit creates index information, which is an address size indicating the storage position of each page image. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the eight pieces of index information created by the index control unit are divided into four based on “2 pages” which is the number of pages of one document specified in advance by the document division control unit. The document is divided into documents, and document data including a search keyword and an address size of a document index to be assigned to each document is created and registered in the optical disk device. In this case, the document data of the document 1 includes the address sizes 1 and 2 and the search keyword, and the document data of the document 2 includes the address sizes 3 and 4 and the search keyword.
Address sizes 5 and 6 and a search keyword are registered as document data of the document 3, and address sizes 7 and 8 and a search keyword are registered as document data of the document 4. In this way, the page images of a plurality of documents are continuously read and stored, and at that time, the index information of each page image is created, and the index information is determined by the number of pages of one document specified in advance. Is divided for each document and registered, so that page images of a plurality of documents having the same number of pages can be input at a high speed and registered in a searchable manner in document units, and the document registration processing time can be shortened. This image
The file device reads page images of multiple documents consecutively.
For storing and retrieving each page image.
Create index information and create an index for each page
Information for each document based on the number of pages in one specified document
Reads the page image for one document because it is divided and registered
Without having to perform the document registration process every time
Images can be registered in document units,
Multiple documents with the number of pages can be automatically registered,
Stores page images of multiple documents at high speed and processes document registration.
Processing time can be reduced. Next, a description will be given of a document registration process using a partition sheet in the image file device. When the number of pages of a plurality of documents to be registered is different, a separating sheet is inserted for each document in the document, page images of all the documents are continuously read by the scanner device 3, and each of the documents is read by the document creation control unit 12. The page image is stored in the optical disk device 4. At this time, the index control unit 14 creates index information of each page image, and stores the number of pages of the page image read up to that time in the number-of-partitions storage unit 15 when the partition paper is read.
After that, the document division control unit 13 divides each index information for each document by the number of pages stored in the number-of-partitions storage unit 15 and registers it in the optical disk device 4. Further, the document registration processing will be described. 7 to 9 are flowcharts showing the processing. As shown in FIG. 7, steps (indicated by "S" in the figure)
In step 31, document storage processing is performed using a partition sheet, and step 3 is executed.
The process proceeds to step S2 to perform a document creation process using a partition sheet, and terminates the document registration process. As shown in FIG. 8, in the document storing process using a partition sheet, it is determined in step (indicated by "S" in the figure) 41 whether or not there is no original. In the scanner reading process, a page image is read by the scanner, and the flow advances to step 43 to determine whether or not the paper is a partition. If not, the flow advances to step 44 to code the page image into an image code. Thereafter, the flow advances to step 45 to write and store the image-coded page image on the optical disk, and the flow advances to step 46 to create index information, which is an address for referring to the page image, to generate the first image. Returning to the processing, the storage of the page image and the creation of the index information are repeated. If it is determined in step 43 that the sheet is a partition sheet, the flow advances to step 47 to write the number of pages of the page image read before the partition sheet into the partition number file in the partition number storage unit, and returns to the initial processing. If there is no original to be scanned in the judgment of 41, this processing is terminated and the routine returns. As shown in FIG. 9, in the document creation processing using partition sheets, the page number is stored based on the number of pages stored in the number-of-partitions file in the number-of-partitions storage unit at step (indicated by “S” in the figure) 51. Create several files, step 52
Then, go to step 53 to determine whether the document creation based on the number of pages stored in the page number file is completed. If not, go to step 53 to divide the index information for each document according to the contents of the page number file. Then, the document data is created, and the process returns to step 52. Then, when the creation of the document data based on the number of pages stored in the page number file is completed in the judgment of step 52, this processing is completed. In the above-described processing, the index information may be divided based on the contents of the number-of-partitions file. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence relationship between index information and a page image when a document is registered using a partition sheet, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of document data created by dividing the index information for each document. It is. For example, 3
A separating sheet for separating each document is inserted into four originals consisting of one, two, and two originals and set in the scanner. When the scanning is started, as shown in FIG. 10, eight page images are continuously read and stored in the optical disk device, and the index control unit uses the address size indicating the storage position of each page image. Create certain index information. Further, each time a partition sheet is read during scanning, the number of pages of the page image read before reading the partition sheet is stored in the partition number file of the partition number storage unit. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the eight pieces of index information created by the index control unit are divided by the document division control unit into the number of pages “3 pages” and “1” of the document stored in the number-of-partitions storage unit. The document is divided into four documents based on “page”, “2 pages”, and “2 pages”, and document data including a search keyword of a document index to be assigned to each document and an address size is created and registered in the optical disc device. In this case, the document 1 has the address sizes 1, 2, and 3 and the search keyword, the document 2 has the address size 4 and the search keyword, the document 3 has the address sizes 5 and 6, and the search keyword, and the document 4 has the address size. 7, 8 and a search keyword are respectively registered. As described above, the page images of the originals of a plurality of documents separated by the partition paper are continuously read and stored. At this time, the index information of each page image is created and the partition paper is read. In some cases, the number of pages divided by the partition paper is stored, and the index information is divided and registered for each document according to the number of pages. Therefore, when registering the page images of a plurality of documents each having a different number of pages, the operator only has to insert a partition sheet for each document, and input the page images of each document at high speed to make a document unit. , The document registration processing time can be reduced in a short time. Next, a document registration process in which the number of pages of a plurality of documents is designated in the image file device will be described. If the number of pages of a plurality of documents to be registered is different, a document page number file is created based on the number of pages of each input document, and stored in the document page number storage unit 16;
The page images of all the documents are continuously read by the scanner device 3, the page images are stored in the optical disk device 4 by the document creation control unit 12, and the index information of each page image is created by the index control unit 14. Thereafter, the document division control unit 13 divides each index information for each document based on the number of pages of each document in the document page number file in the document page number storage unit 16 and registers the index information in the optical disc device 4. The created document page number file may be registered so as to be selectable thereafter. Next, the document registration process will be described. 12 to 14 are flowcharts showing the processing. As shown in FIG. 12, in step (indicated by "S" in the figure) 61, it is determined whether or not to create a new document page number file, and if so, the process proceeds to step 65 to input the number of pages of each document. Then, a document page number file is created, and the process proceeds to step 63. If a new document page number file is not created in step 61, the flow advances to step 62 to select a designated file from the already registered document page number files, and the flow advances to step 63. Then, in step 63, a document storage process is performed in which the number of pages of each of the plurality of documents is specified, and the process proceeds to step 64 to perform a document creation process, thereby terminating the document registration process. In the document storing process, as shown in FIG. 13, it is determined in step (indicated by "S" in FIG. 13) whether or not there is no original. , The page image is read by the scanner, and the flow advances to step 73 to convert the page image into an image code. Thereafter, the flow advances to step 74 to write and store the image-coded page image on the optical disk, and the flow advances to step 75 to create index information, which is an address for referring to the page image, to generate the first page information. Return to processing. If there is no original to be scanned in step 71, the process is terminated and the routine returns. As described above, if the number of pages of a plurality of documents is registered in a file format, it is only necessary to select the file when registering a document having the same number of documents and each page. Operability is improved without entering the number of pages of each document. In the document creation process, as shown in FIG. 14, it is determined in step 81 whether or not the creation of document data based on the contents of the document page number file has been completed. The document information is created by dividing the index information according to the contents of the document page number file. In step 82, the index information for each page is divided and registered for each document based on the number of pages stored in the document page number file. Then, returning to the first process, when the creation of the document data based on the contents of the document page number file is completed, the process is completed. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the correspondence between index information and page images when registering a document by designating the number of pages of a plurality of documents. FIG. 16 shows the index information divided and created for each document. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of document data obtained. For example, eight originals, which are originals for four documents, are set in the scanner device 3, and "2 pages", "2 pages", "1 page", and "3 pages" are input as the number of pages of each document. Thereafter, when scanning is started, as shown in FIG. 15, page images for eight pages are continuously read and stored in the optical disk device, and the index control unit uses an index, which is an address size indicating a storage position of each page image. Create information. As shown in FIG. 16, the eight pieces of index information created by the index control unit are converted into “2 pages” and “2 pages” which are the number of pages of each document previously input by the document division control unit. The document is divided into four documents based on “one page” and “three pages”, and document data including a search keyword and an address size of a document index to be assigned to each document is created and registered in the optical disk device. In this case, the document data of the document 1 includes the address sizes 1 and 2 and the search keyword, and the document data of the document 2 includes the address sizes 3 and 4 and the search keyword.
The address size 5 and the search keyword are registered as the document data of the document 3, and the address sizes 6, 7, and 8 and the search keyword are registered as the document data of the document 4. As described above, the number of pages of a plurality of documents is designated, the page images of each document are continuously read and stored, and at that time, index information of each page image is created, and Since the index information is divided and registered for each document according to the number of pages of each document, page images of a plurality of documents having different numbers of pages can be input at a high speed and registered in a searchable manner in document units. Processing time can be shortened. This image file device is
Create a file for each page number of the document
Read and store page images continuously,
Create index information to refer to the image, and
Index information for each page of each created file
Register each document separately based on the number of pages
If you specify the number of pages of each document in advance,
Perform document registration every time several minutes of page images are read
Register page images of multiple documents without
Multiple documents, each with a different number of pages.
Page images of multiple documents that can be automatically registered
Can be stored at high speed, reducing the processing time for document registration.
it can. In the above-described image file apparatus, the operator performs a document registration process specifying the number of pages of one document, a document registration process using partition sheets, or a document registration process specifying the number of pages of a plurality of documents. , The processing mode may be switched, or the mode may be switched automatically. As described above, according to the image filing apparatus of the present invention, page images of a plurality of documents can be registered in a short time.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an image file device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a document registration process in which the number of pages of one document is designated in the image file device of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a subsequent process. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing further processing. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a correspondence relationship between index information and page images when registering a document by designating the number of pages of one document. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of document data created by dividing the index information for each document. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a document registration process using a partition sheet in the image file device of FIG. 1; FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a subsequent process. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing further processing. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a correspondence relationship between index information and a page image when a document is registered using a partition sheet. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of document data created by dividing the index information for each document. 12 is a flowchart showing a document registration process in the image file device of FIG. 1 in which the number of pages of each of a plurality of documents is specified. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a subsequent process. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing further processing. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a correspondence relationship between index information and a page image when registering a document by designating the number of pages of a plurality of documents. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of document data created by dividing the index information for each document. [Description of Signs] 1: Display device 2: Input device 3: Scanner device 4: Optical disk device 5: Processing device 6: Display controller 7: Input controller 8: Scanner controller 9: Optical disk controller 10: Page memory 11 : Image input control unit 12: Document creation control unit 13: Document division control unit 14: Index control unit 15: Partition number storage unit 16: Document page number storage unit

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(57) [Claims] (1) An image reading means for continuously reading page images of a plurality of documents separated by a partition paper, and each time the partition paper is read by the means, the image is separated by the partition paper. Page number storage means for storing the page number of the page image to be read, page image storage means for storing each page image read by the image reading means, and index information for referring to each page image stored in the means. Index information creating means for creating, and means for dividing and registering the index information for each page created by the means for each document based on the number of pages stored in the page number storage means An image file device characterized by the above-mentioned.